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Walking the Dog in a Hi-Viz Talking About Education

Special Education by Crisis: From SNA U-Turns to Inclusive Special Classes

July 28, 2026

I saw this sentence somewhere and it really struck me. In the last few months we’ve seen this – whether it was the U-turn on SNA allocations or the opening of “Inclusive Special Classes” – have all been reactions to crises. What other examples can you remember? (We could remove

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Recording Jobs on the Go: Phone, Watch, and My Forgetful Brain

July 27, 2026

Whenever a job comes through to me, I try to record it straight away. Usually I’ll pop it on my phone or if I don’t have my phone, I have an app on my watch that **sometimes** records it! So I sometimes have to rely on my brain to remember,

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Cuntas Miosuils

July 26, 2026

Cuntas Miosuils.

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A Principal and the Missing Green Polka Dot Sticker

July 24, 2026

When I became principal, I had to go to a training session where we were given a green polka dot sticker and we were told to put it somewhere so that every time we saw it, we would take a breath. I put it on my door but I kept

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Taking the Roll: My Aladdin Was a Sea of Orange

July 23, 2026

Taking the roll. My Aladdin was a sea of orange.

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Where’s the Snooze Button?

July 23, 2026

Where’s the snooze button?

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How Many Primary Schools Would Ireland Need for True School Choice?

July 16, 2026

How many primary schools would Ireland need if every family genuinely had a choice of school based on their beliefs? It’s a question that gets asked all the time, but very few people ever try to calculate the answer. So I built a simple interactive calculator. Choose: ✅ How far

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School Choice and Travel Time: Who Gets Access Within 10 Minutes?

July 15, 2026

⬆︎This is a very true statement so we have to decide who does and who doesn’t and how often we revisit our decisions. We also have to decide how much travel time is acceptable to access a school. Here is an example: ❓ Time span = 10 minutes and Choices

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